A Buyer’s Guide to Safer Communication
There are a lot of ways to talk to people securely on the Internet, some are purpose-built to enhance your privacy and security. Here’s a guide to getting started.
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Worried About Mass Surveillance? Here’s How to Practice Safer Communication
What you need to know to make your communications private.
How the NSA’s High-Tech Surveillance Helped Europeans Catch Terrorists
"We were inside their computers."
Mass Surveillance in America: A History of Loosening Laws and Practices
Surveillance in the name of intelligence gathering is nothing new. Here's a look back at significant developments over the past 30-plus years.
Crowd-Sourcing Big Brother
We've been worried about a surveillance state since long before George Orwell's 1984. But one thing the Boston bombing taught us is that friends and family are watching much more closely than the FBI.
Orwellian Update: Undercover Cops Spying on Protesters via Cell Phones
Watch out, Occupiers and other protesters: the guy next to you taking cellphone snapshots may not be a…
Digital Storage, a Dictator’s Delight
We know that ever-more sophisticated digital surveillance tools allow oppressive governments to keep an eye on what dissidents…